RIALTO >> The Rialto Unified School Board won’t be holding a special meeting to discuss the issues surrounding the arrest of accountant Judy Oakes on suspicion of embezzlement — but it won’t be due to a lack of trying by one board member.

“I have petitioned board President (Joseph) Ayala repeatedly to call for a special meeting so the Board can collectively discuss this matter and put together a plan of action,” school board Vice-President Edgar Montes wrote in an email Monday afternoon.

Montes said that in order to hold a special meeting, according to the board’s bylaws, the board’s president must call for it. But if he won’t call for it, a majority of the board can, according to board bylaws and the state’s code, Montes said.

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